Luggage carrier for vehicles



Feb. 28, 1928. 1,660,613

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Patented Feb. 23, 1928.

ALFRED JOHN HAYDEN, or nAYroivA 'Bmmsromn LUGGAGE CARRIER r03 VEHICLES.

Application filed January as, 1927. Serial n 164,291.

My present invention relates to luggage carriers for automobiles or the like, and

particularly to that type of carrier adapted to be secured to or placed on the running board of such a vehicle for the purpose of holding; bags or luggage between itself and the body of the vehicle.

The primary object of my invention is to provide such a device which will be eflicient in operation, cheap to manufacture, easily installed, and which may be slid back out of the way when not in use which will ob.- viate the necessity of removal from the'vehicle. To this end my invention consists in supplying certain instrumentalities whereby two rectangular brackets arebolted solidly to the usual running board to occupy a ver- 1 tical position. Each bracket is equipped with three or more horizontal rods for the 1 purpose of receiving the ends of an especially designed rack or retaining wall.

The rack or retaining wall .is provided with corresponding holes at each end of its bars so as to connectonto the said horizontal rods, so that 'said rack or retaining wall may occupy a vertical position either at the outer edge of the running board or back next to the body of the vehicle, the'rack or retaining wall being adapted to slide back and forth on the said rods. as desired.

' A cam catch is attached to eachend of the'rack or retaining wall, and is utilized to prevent said rack from moving out of place either when it is in position at outer edge of the running board or when slid back out of the way next to the body of the vehicle. I

-. When the rack or retaining wall is slid forward to outer edge of the running board, the luggagev may be placed in the poc thus formed between the rack oryretaining wall and the body of the vehicle.

A ro-dyhand-hold is attached torn end to the top means of a bolt, said bracket being placed at a point directly between the two doors. The top end of the rod is attached to the standard of the car body which is between the two doors bymeans of a screw; The purpose of this rod. is to provide a stay or brace for said bracket and act as a handhold for a passenger, either in entering or stepping out of the vehicle.

at its botvice in the drawings, but it. is understood ket of the right bracket by I have illustrated a certain form of dethat this is ,merely the. present preferred form andzthat various changes may bemade in the device shown and described without departing from-the spirit of my invention.

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Figure 1 isa perspective view showing the. rack orretainingwall in out of the way position next to the body of.vehicle. Fig. 2 is a perspectiveview showing the rack or retaining wall slid outto the outer edge of running board.-

Fig. 3, is atransverse-section substantially i on .line,3.3 offFig. 1. F g; 4 is a detail'view of the rack or'retaming wall, consisting'of two angle bars,

one at thetop and one. at the bottom, and

one center fiat bar, with flat bar'uprights.

Frg. 5 is a View of the catch in locking.

and unlocking positions,.the latter shown in dottedlines. v a v Fig. 5 is adetail planview of the catch.:'

; Fig-.15 spring. p Referring now} tothe :drawings, ,Ixhave shown the'automobile luggage carrier at (11) is a detail of the V shaped coil supported uponthe usual running board (2) and is secured solidly thereto. by means of bolts (3). vThefrectangular brackets i) are provided with three counter sunk-bolt holes at the-bottom portions. of eachbracket and three bolt holes in the back up- 4 at (5) right portions (6) and three likewise 1n the-"front upright 1 portions 7) for, the purpose ofreceiving-the six-horizontalrods (8) which allowsthe free movement. of therack orreta ning wall portionbafck and forth as desiredmg' The rack or retaining wall (10) is composed of angle bar (11-) at thetopand bottom. Four or more parts of- Ubolt shape of round material at (12) are preierably attached to top side ofthe top angle bar at (13), said bar being provided with eightor more bolt holes (14 to receive'theends of said U bolts, and is fastened thereto by) means of bolt taps, the .U bolt being forthe purpose of creating more depth tothe luggage carrierrack or retaining wall. .The i U-bolts 12 ma-Y? libe -omitted, if-desired without detracting from, the usefulness ofthe device; The balance oftheIrack-or retaining wall is constructed"as sh'own'of afiat center cross bar 15) with several vertical flat bars (16) fastenedto the-angle bars and center crossbar. by; means of'rivets ('17), the ends of the. outer fianges -(18)oftl1e angle. bars being cut away for the purpose of allowing the Hat portions of said bars'to fit firmly against the inside of the upright portions 7 of the rectangular brackets, .Suitable holes 7 at and in the center cross barat 'end'portion of the catch has (19) are to receive the horizontal rods.

of lug body at (24) turned inward so as to leave a suitable space'bet-weenthe two lips for the purpose of holding the catch in proper position in its action, and also so as to provide a bearing forthe ends of the U-shaped coil springs. One of said catches is attached near each end of the center cross bar by means of a. bolt (25). The opposite a lift pro'jec-j tion (26) so that by pulling this upward thecatch is released from its locking position against the upright of'either the" front or back portions of the said bracket.

" U-shaped coil'spring is provided: (27) and as shown has three coils at each side of U 'whichfits'over abolt so as to leave half of the spring on. each side of the body of thecenter cross bar (15). The ends of said spring'bear 'on the inside part of the lips, and the center part of spring bears'over and on top edge of saidcenter cross bar.

The said catches are "provided for the purpose ofeither holding the rack or retaining wall when in; position at outer edge of running board or when back out of. the way next to the body of the vehicle. V

. A rod hand-hold is provided ('30) and is attached at its bottom end to the top. of

' right hand bracket in Figs. 1' and 2 by means of abolt:(31) said bracket being placed at'a point directly between the two doors. Thetop'e id of said rod is attached fslidably mounted'upon said brackets for by means of a screw (32) to the standard of the ear body between :the two doors, for

the p'urpose'of providing 'a brace for said bracket and toact as a hand-'holdto a passenger either in. entering or in leaving the vehicle.

All parts of the device are to be preferablyma'de "of-metal, preferably of steel;

I claim: 7

luggage carrier, for a vehicle ot the type provided with a running board and having two doors on each side with a'stand- 5 ardof the' body portion between said doors,

comprising a pair oi': spaced) rectangular vertically disposed brackets adapted to extend transversely of the running board of the vehicle, -a id one of which is adapted to be fixedly-secured to said running board transverselykopposite the, standard of the .body portion, the other bracket being adaptedto' be secured near an extremity of the running board, avertically disposed retaining wall member extending between and provided in the ends of angle bars (2 A forked catch (22) is provided with two" lugs or prongs (23) with a lip on each side f2. In a device 0]": the'class described, a

pair of spaced'rectangular vertically disposed bracket members comprising the end retaining walls of a luggage carrier, a vertically disposed retaining wall member extending between said brackets-at right angles thereto and" movably mounted upon said bracket members, said retaining wall member having a plurality'oit' holes in each of its ends, each of said bracket members having -horizont'ally disposed' -slide "rods transverseto said retaining wallmeniber and adapted to pass through said holes to form a plurality of ,slidablc connections, and catchmeans mounted on the retaining wall member and adapted to; engage the brackets for holding said retaining wall 11161111361 in ad usted 13081131011 at tremity of, the said slide rods.

3. Apparatus according to claim 2, in"

which said retaining wall member isan openwork frame comprising an upper and a lower'horizontal angle bar with an'intermediate horizontal fiat bar, said bars being connected by a plurality of upright flat bars, and said horizontal bars extending beyond an upright bar at each end'of the frame, said catch means comprising forked catch members, one at each end of the intermediate horizontal bar. embracing said bar with .the prongs of the fork,-'one on each side of said bar and the juncture of the prongs above the bar, said catchmembers a being pivotally mounted upo'iithe bar by a pivot member extending through theprongs and through the bar, whereby' the catch members. are adapted to be swung about their pivots to engage the vertical portions of the rectangular brackets with the fork,

said catch members having bearing surfaces for a spring on each prongof the fork, but

on the side of the pivot opposite to the bracket en a in oortioii ofthe ron and 23 b b b? U-shaped springs placed one over each end of the bar, said springs having co ls near each end' through wh ch the: said pivot member passes and having.their ends' resting upon the bearing surfaces of the catch members to stress them'toward locking-position ture.

ALFRED JoiiN HAYDEN.

In testimony whereof, ;I aflix my signa- 

